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Sy Bar
Was going to do the Battle of Britain version of this kit but I'm temped to have a go at some winter white wash and the wasp is cooler than the shark mouth 😎

Nicolas
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István Szücs
I also have Bf-110 from the Airfix, I will build an Italian night fighter. The sprues are the same, so I'm watching!

Sy Bar
Cheers guys.
I'm have a go at riveting, but going freehand as at this scale using tape was taking so long. I also not sure how much they will stand out on finish kit, but with the wonky line in parts they will probably bee seen from mars 🤣

Mark Sherwood
Looking good so far, like the underside. 🥸👍

Sy Bar
Cheers #Mark

Skyhiker
Sy, how was the fit on this kit?

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Sy Bar
Cheers #Guy 👍
#Skyhiker I found the fit to be good, I had a very slight gap at the front but think that was as much to do with me and the fitting of the pit (not the clearest instructions there). Every thing else was fine and the canopy was a good fit, I did change order of build slightly with the tail section I glued the rear piece to the body first then added the tail (after I'd added the stabilisers/rudders) this made more sense than the instructions 😁

Sy Bar
Only issue I have with this kit are the decals. While they look great and are in perfect register, they have a large amount of film edging and are both thick and delicate at the same time🤪
Having a hard time getting them to settle into the panel lines etc. I usually just need to use micro sol but even ultimate extra strong is not have much effect. Going to have to wait till I get some Tamiya fixer, strong and extra strong hopefully one of these will help 🤞

Mr D
You should be ok with the medium one with Airfix decals,
I like a mix of Water in with the markfix...seems to keep the decal floating longer.
I did the teeth on my p40 this way.
If they started getting bit sicky...l would add bit more water....keep it floating.
Wouldn't like to do shark teeth with HB decals 🤔🤣.... The lightning ⚡ strike on my mig-15 just fell apart with hardly any working.
Good luck with it ..look forward to seeing 😃👍👍

Dave Flitton
Looking good!

Sy Bar
Cheers for advice #Mr D. Afraid this set of decals were unaffected by all solutions but the mark fit super strong did have some effect. To make head way I found I needed to add the solution then after a few seconds apply hot air from a hairdryer to 'shrink wrap' the decal. These have to be the worst decals I've come across..
I recommend anyone doing this kit to source a set of decals rather than use those provided, they are not for beginners that's for sure. I hope the carrier film will disappear under a gloss coat but I didn't want to risk it so I've only applied the larger decals the smaller ones while add great detail if cartograf here they are 90% carrier film.

Skyhiker
Why don't you just cut the carrier film away with a knife before applying them?

Mr D
Hi Sy
That's ok .... I think the result will be fine after a clear coat, you come out of it without wrinkles, bubbles or tear's so it's a win, very smart n be sorted under a clear.👌👍👍

Sy Bar
Cheers #Mr D
#Skyhiker that's idea but life's too short for the amount there is, the size of the decal that's left will look like small black dots everywhere (especially the fuselage rib numbers 🤪); would be ok in 48 but too much in 72. Also I'm probably going to much it all up when I apply the winter white wash 😆

Rui S
That's Looking Great 👍

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 🙂

William Demers
Thank you!

Joachim Seidenberg
Hallo Grysu

wie komme ich denn zu der Ehre?

Joachim

Grysu
Hallo Joachim,

Du hast ne Menge WWI Flieger die Du zum Verkauf anbieten willst (ohne Preis bisher?). Daher wollte ich dich einfach auf dem Radar behalten 😉

Ian Doody
As I'm basically an old man now, some old man modelling. 1/24 ancient 80s Takara VOTOMS Scopedog, updated by Wave. The legs and feet I'm happy with, but I'm adding card to the bottom of the body, to raise its waist, and I'll be shortening the arms slightly too.

Ian Doody
Rusty old death tub. Love the fact that VOTOMS AT's are basically futuristic Sherman Tanks, and as vulnerable as them. Death traps.

Ian Doody
Coming along nice and rustily, finally getting this done after ten years in the box. Wish I'd picked up more 1/24 VOTOMS kits when I had the chance, luckily I've got two 1/20's and about eleven 1/35 AT's to still make.

Ducksnuts
That weathering/rust looks amazing.

Ian Doody
Getting there, Rusty old one man tank look. This is just the first layer of paint on the primer. Filled up the voids on top of the knees, started to add the arms, cast texture made with putty on the shoulder pads. Finished inside of cockpit lid. Old school fun.

Ian Doody
Not a fat lot done today really. Built and slightly shortened both arms, made the hands, gun. Made so the right hand has proper gun finger control. Waiting for parts to dry.

Alec K
Very nicely done 👍

Aleš Štika
Thank you very much Alec 🙂

Alexander Grivonev
Great build, nice improvements! 👍

Alexander Grivonev
CPU pins as tire valves, taking notes...

Martin Oostrom
Great job!

LucLuke B
Very neat build.

nikfrost
amazing job!

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Wow, nice one !

Alexander Grivonev
perfect

Ben M
Right off the showroom floor

Villiers de Vos
Flawless.

Marcel
Looks fantastic, well done!

Neuling
Very beautiful! A flawless build.

Agnius
Beautiful! Congrats!

George Williams
Excellent.

Thomas Bischoff
French beauties deserve more pics 👍

Michael Kohl
I agree.
From the times Citroën still built Citroëns.

Snake Plissken
I only see the DS. Nice metallic "root beer" color. 👍

YZMA
Hi! All.
Thank you comments.
Upload photo.

Mr D
Brilliant 👍👍
My Favourite cars, Miura, SM, DS, Gull-wing. So got to be a winner 🏆.
I looked for a SM kit but couldn't find anything???
Very nice 😁👍👍

George Williams
Both are fantastic.

George Williams
Don't forget the "wet" tyres.

Sam L
All included in the kit George! They look quite nice in my opinion but seems like they have a dip in the middle.

Martin Oostrom
Love this!

Sam L
Thank you Martin!

Rui S
Looking Great 👍 i'm in 😎

Neuling
Looking great indeed!

Rui S
Beautiful work 👍

Mr D
Really Nice work and great subject, my favourite colour scheme in F1.
They did a Lotus road car in same scheme as homage.
Nice Model to own 😁👍👍

Sam L
Thank you Neuling, Rui and Mr D!
@Mr D you are correct! I think Lotus made JPS Liveried versions of the Europa and Esprit?

George Williams
Looks great, so much better than all these tanks and planes just designed to kill people, will we ever learn?

Ben M
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